[Python-Dev] Breaking undocumented API (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Thu Nov 18 11:47:18 CET 2010

On 17/11/2010 21:16, Éric Araujo wrote:

Excluding a builtin name from all sounds like a perfectly sensible idea, so even if it wasn't deliberate, I'd say it qualifies as fortuitous :) But then, a tool that looks into all to find for example what objects to document will miss open. I’d put open in all.

"import *" would then override the builtin open. A good reason not to use "import *" I guess, but also a good reason not to create names that shadow builtins.

All the best,

Michael

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